TM1 Function for TI, VALUE_IS_STRING

A reserved local variable that checks if the data source type is a string or number.

What is the VALUE_IS_STRING function?

VALUE_IS_STRING is a reserved local variable that checks if the data source type is a string or number. If the function return ‘1’, then the value is a string,  otherwise it is numeric. For reserved variables, we don’t need to define it in the script.

Where can the VALUE_IS_STRING function be used?

TurboIntegrator

What is the syntax for VALUE_IS_STRING?

VALUE_IS_STRING;

A demonstration on how to use VALUE_IS_STRING

Use VALUE_IS_STRING to identify the data type from the ‘Product Scorecard’ cube.